School: Ballycar, Cuinche

Location:
Ballycar, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Liam Mac Clúin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0599, Page 212

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0599, Page 212

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  3. XML “An Féar Gorta”
  4. XML “The Cholera Stone”

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  2. There is a large partly oval stone forming the corner stone of the boundary wall of Fenloe Burial ground Newmarket-on-Fergus Co Clare. There are marks on the stone - one is a misshapen cross, and the shape of a large circle can be traced on the margin of the stone.
    People that do the pilgrimage to The Blessed Well of St Lutigern quite convenient, never neglect visiting the stone, and rub their legs to the stone making the Sign of the Cross with them whilst doing so.
    It is said that when St Lutigern lived, the cholera was very brief in Newmarket and surrounding districts. People came to the Saint to be cured. There were so many people afflicted by
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